Gas-engine.



J. H. WILLIAMS.

` yGAS ENGINE.

" APPLICATION FILED nso. II. 1911. 1,096,878. Patented May 19, 1914.

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J. H. WILLIAMS.

GAS ENGINE. APPLICATION 111.111) DB0.11,1911.

1.096,878. Patented May 19, 1914.

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piili willi: jl'uiii, through, :i pipe: E23 "i'rlim f1 pump il!) which m inni ii'ummuiiiriiteil 'Ihivinieb port 25 .is controlled hy n miv@ noeeeve closed hy e spring 38 such arrangement of,

n being shown particularly in detail at Jpposite the inlet. and valve 35 an eX-v .ieuft port 39 is provided in the head 10 oi'ienmg to the atmosphere and controlled hy o ve-ive 4l() carried upon :i valve stein el which entends beyond 1he linee of the heed end ie provided with a cam head ,42 and is held normally closed hy e. Spring 43.

"Wiihin the ignition chamber e pairof epeilr ierminele 44 and 45 are located, the if. 'ter of which is carried upon a. stein ii ch entends beyond the lines of the head terminates in e cem head1?? and held '#niiilly eport by e. sprin Mounted upon the sheit il is e plete 49 snown in detail ei; Fig. 6, such plate being provided wiih slots 50 and 5l through which extend the Shanks 52 of cams The coins orc operated hy e Walking heain 54: pivot ed :is ai 55 upon the plaie eiland connected iio euch cams through `the mediums' of the links 56 end 5'?. The Walking beam iis 'actuated ley e lever 58 which connects by si connected 'with a segmental gear ol intergeeied 'Wiih e gear 62 carried on e shaft G3 view also cairiee a link Si connected with e plaie 49, et 65, shown et ypeciively and when ille plate ie rrwifiding shown ai; Fig. EZ, the inlet and ing; will the heed to oete in direction louil when reversed through the iiuni of the lever 66 eo that the plate i9 nde "upwardly, the admission of gas and ignition oi the Sonie `will canse the head ige ro' e in the opposite direction. lt will he .emparent that when the lever 66 is inen ifed to turn the plete upwardly it .likewise rotate the eliaift 6G to change noeitione of die cams 53 from those .in (i. rEhe spoil terminal fill is directly connect- With e, ring;` [57 which is in Contact with e f 655 carried hy an erin 69 end through e wird 'ill with e source oi electrical energy Shown convcnirionziliy et 7l. From the source ci electrical energy Tl :i Wire 72 extends to the 'plaie i9 to form contact With *l* speili plug head il? that when the c to touch. che

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i 'l 1 termi our t i engined and when the heed eevpe .in o egim-li; produced..

To actuele 'the exhaust volvo 40 :i com 73 f indiciiteo ii z, in position io n l? o@ to a shaft 60. The shaft is rigidly In operation with the parte assembled as indicated in the liguies, the gele Will he admitted to the cylindere at-.the bottom so 'that When ignited the pressure 'of the piston upon the eccentric portion 1li of the rece 13 will cause the head to rotate in the direction indiceted by the arrows in Figs. l, Bond' 5. When reaching the point or". greatest eccen tricity the exhaust valve ie opened to ex heuse they vitiated gases from the cylinder and the eccentricity of the rece forces the piston invverdiyfor the remainder of the rotation.. When the device is reversed and the plaie 9 is extended upwerdly'as ehove explained,4 thegae is admitted ai the top with like results and theeiiheusting is done et the center of eceentricity he seme 'es when theheod is rotating' in ehe opposite direction. e.

in an engine, e head provided with radial cylinders, pistons elidebly mounted in the cylinders, a. track surrounding the heed i part of which ie struck upon en are eccentric to the head, rollers carried by the pistone` in engagement with the track, conduits leading `to the cylinders, valves arranged to control the inlet and exhaust from the cylindeis moons Ato open the inlet valves, means to change the position of the inlet `valve operating means to diemetrically opposite points relative -to the head, and e :fixed exhaust valve operating means located intern mediate euch diemen-ical pointe.

2. ln an engine, a heed provided with ra,- d-iel cylinders, pistons slidabiy mounted 'in the cylinders7 e track surrounding the head, o part of 4which is struck on an ero eccentric to the head, roilere carried hy the pistons in engagera ent with the tracl, conduite leading to the cylinders, valves arranged to control the inlet endeirheuet from the cylinders, an engine shaft, fi. plete rotatably mounted on the simi* sete oi spring operated valves and igniigeis having stems extending heyond the heed, pair of coins slidaoly inounted on seid plate-end'arrenged to contact With the ends of said valvel and said ignitere, a- Walle ing beam pivotally mounted on said rotaitahle plate, a lever attached to the Walking heoni, a secior pivotzilly mounted adjacent Said engine shaft, a, link connect-ing said lever and sector, and'ineiins to rotate seid plziie'whereby the come ere moved relative ,to each other, and said plete moved to c. diametrically opposite positionv about said. shaft. y

3. In an engine, a, hollow shaft. e head mounied upon the shaft and having con fluiis communicating with the passage of the shaft, cylinders formed radially in the head and communicating with the conduits, veines interposed between the conduits and tl i, cylinders controllingf the inlet and elf:- volvo steine extending from the head ici lie

1n parallelism witht the shaft, an arm car- In testimony whereof I affix :ny signaried by the shaft, cams carried by the arm ture in presence of two Witnesses. adapted to uctua the valve stems to open the inlet valves, means to rotate the arm JOSEPH H' WILLIAMS' 5 about the shaft to n diametrcally opposite Witnesses: point and an exhaust cam xed intermediate E, F. S'rowmm,

the diametrical points. l N. S. TITCHENAL. 

